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At the beginning of the year I went to Rome for my Dads 60th birthday and on the way home I was looking around the airport when I come across the Geurlain Meteorites Base. It looked so lovely and I just new I had to add it to my makeup collection.

It is a gel formula and I think it smells like the sweets palm or violets, I love it, once applied to the face and given time to dry it has a very smooth finish. It has bits of glitter within the gel which gives a very soft glow to the skin.

The product does not cover all of my imperfections as I do suffer with spots so require some sort of concealer but it does help even out some of my acne scaring and uneven skin tones.

I had never heard of Geurlain before and I really wish I had as from this primer it has become my favourite makeup brand. I felt so lucky as a few days after buying this I went into a local drug store in my town called Chave and Jacksons which sells different types of makeup brands and spotted a Geurlain stand which had not been there for very long. I have tried other Geurlain products since and loved them all as much.

This product is pricey but totally worth it, you only need one pump and it applies evenly to your face and the bottle lasts up to six or seven months. I am currently on my second bottle and I will definitely be repurchasing this again again. I love it.

When I first started getting into make up my Body Shop brushes were one of my first buys. There wasn’t many places you could buy brushes from in Hereford at the time and when searching for something decent they looked the best.

The bristles are starting to stick out at the sides but they are still great brushes and I love them very much and use them regularly. I have not got them all but I have got most. The brushes I use the most are the…

Foundation brush – This was my first foundation brush I had and one I still use very often. It is perfect for any liquid foundation and gives the perfect flawless finish.

Face and body brush – I use this brush for applying powder and bronzer onto my face and neck, I believe you can also apply to the décolletage. It really makes application of powders easy to apply.

Slanted kabuki brush – This is a good quality brush which adds powder to the face and neck fabulously. The slanted design makes sculpting or layering really easy.

Eyeshadow brush – A firm but soft brush that adds cream or powder eyeshadows to the eye lid evenly. It applies the colour perfectly and intensively and has very little product fall out which is great.

Blending brush – A great brush for applying powder eyeshadows. I use this brush to blend my eyeshadows together or adding eyeshadow to the eye lid.

The blending brush and eyeshadow brush work really well together.

Slanted brush – This is great for adding eyeshadow around the eyes to make them really pop. It is also great for defining the eye. Sometimes I use this for my eyebrow powder which it works wonderfully for too.

Blusher brush – Perfect for any blusher and you can also use for contouring. It glides across the face and gives a perfect finish.

Bronzing brush – This is one of my favourite brushes for bronzing. It is easy to apply with and it distributes evenly.

Smokey poppy blushbrush – This is another great Blusher brush, I use this when I want to add a bit of blusher to my cheeks. Not only is it great brush it looks really pretty.

I do use the rest of the brushes but not as regularly and they are..

Lipstick and concealer brush – I use this to add eyeshadow to the corners of the eye.

Minerals brush – Another great brush to add powder on minerals.

Smudger brush – I use this brush the least but when I put to much eyeshadow on this helps to calm the colour down.

Brow and lash brush and comb – I use this brush to comb my eyebrows I do not tend to comb my eyelashes as it scares me a little hehe.

My favourite brushes to use are the foundation, blusher, eyeshadow, bronzing, smokey poppy blush and the face and body.

I would definitely recommend these brushes as they are still great and I have had them for ages and they are still as good as good as new.

Today I have a day off work and I am trying to keep calm due to having a job interview this afternoon. I have decided to do a blog of my everyday make up routine to give me a break from prepping for my interview, so here it goes.

This is the look I pretty much do for work everyday as it is not to much and very basic. I begin with my base which is a moisturiser and then a primer and today I used the Nivea Express Hydration Primer which is both. It smells lovely and dries really quick which is perfect when you are in a rush.

Once the moisturiser has absorbed I begin with my foundation, concealer and eye primer. Firstly I put my Estée Lauder Double Wear Stay-in-Place Eyeshadow Base, I have had this for a while now and will be needing something new very soon, I do not think I will be repurchasing this, I like it as a product but it is not my favourite thing to use.

I pop a little of the Estée Lauder Stay-in-Place Flawless Wear Concealer under my eyes which covers my dark circles perfectly, I am using number 03 medium. I blend this in with my Acevivi tapered brush.

The foundation I am using at the moment is the Geurlain Parure De Lumiere which I love. It covers my spots and matches my skin tone perfectly it also lasts all day. I used my Acevivi flat foundation brush to apply as I love the way it works with my foundation.

I do suffer with acne and at the moment it is quite bad so I am using the Benefit Boiing concealer for a little extra coverage, I am using this in 02. To apply this I use my Laura Mercier double ended Counceler Brush, the one side is for the powder concealer but it works perfectly fine with this, I then blend it in with the Acevivi flat foundation brush. I sometimes use my Double Wear Stay-in-Place Flawless Wear Concealer for this to.

The next part I focus on is my eye makeup, I have been using my MUA Makeup Acadamy eyeshadow palette recently which I received in my glossybox. I find the colours are not to bright which I prefer for work. The shades I have been using are Puff as the base I use my Laura Mercier All Over Eye Colour brush for this, Hazel on the crease and a little above which I use my Real Techniques 200 brush and Tawny on the lid and I use the Base Shadow Real Techniques Brush as it blendes the colour in.

I used my Guerlain Khol Me Kajal eyeliner for my waterline as again this is not to much and my Black Magic Mascara for my eyelashes which I received in this months Birch Box and I love it.

Today for my eyebrows I have used my Studio 10 Eyebrow pencil which I received in a Glossybox. I used my Bodyshop Brow/Lash Comb and my Double Ended Laura Mercier Brow Definer & Grooming brush for this.

So I then move onto my powder, today I used my Estée Lauder Double Wear Stay-in-Place Powder, number 08 Desert Beige. I use the sponge that comes with this to put all over my face, I then just go over with the Real Techniques 103 brush to blend in a little.

The bronzer I used is the Estée Lauder Bronze Goddess 02 medium as it isn’t to dark. I applied this with my Acevivi round powder brush and Real Techniques Multi-Task brush.

Today I used my Bodyshop Fresh Sorbet Blush, colour Cuban Watermelon 025 as I wanted a bit of a glow.

To highlight I used my Collection Speedy Highlighter which was received in my Glossybox also. I use this on my cheekbones and sometimes down the middle of my nose.

Lastly lips, I used my Next Make Me Beautiful in Hot Pink. Again I received this in my Glossybox. I have not used this so it will be interesting to see what it is like.

The finished look…

Apologies for my brushes not being cleaned, they are due a clean some point this week.